Index: trunk/FACT++/gui/BasicGlCamera.cc
===================================================================
--- trunk/FACT++/gui/BasicGlCamera.cc	(revision 11893)
+++ trunk/FACT++/gui/BasicGlCamera.cc	(revision 11894)
@@ -121,4 +121,10 @@
         glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
         glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+
+        glEnable (GL_LINE_SMOOTH);
+        glEnable (GL_BLEND);
+        glBlendFunc (GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+        glHint (GL_LINE_SMOOTH_HINT, GL_DONT_CARE);
+
     }
     void BasicGlCamera::resizeGL(int cWidth, int cHeight)
Index: trunk/FACT++/gui/QCameraWidget.cc
===================================================================
--- trunk/FACT++/gui/QCameraWidget.cc	(revision 11893)
+++ trunk/FACT++/gui/QCameraWidget.cc	(revision 11894)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         pixelContourColour[1] = 0.1f;
         pixelContourColour[2] = 0.1f;
-        patchesCoulour[0] = 0.15f;
-        patchesCoulour[1] = 0.15f;
-        patchesCoulour[2] = 0.15f;
+        patchesCoulour[0] = 0.1f;
+        patchesCoulour[1] = 0.1f;
+        patchesCoulour[2] = 0.1f;
         highlightedPatchesCoulour[0] = 0.6f;
         highlightedPatchesCoulour[1] = 0.6f;